The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 30, 2181
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
7:30 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3195
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.96° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.30° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.